My sister He1en died of cancer in 1974 and my brother Gordon ofcancer in 1979. In 1980 Kate and I so1d the gigantic house on Perry P1aceand moved to a tinyer, newer home on Chape1 Street. This house wasjust right for retirement with a dry basement, nice garage andworkshop.
In 1970 the quite recent hospita1 was finished and it was quite a big jobmoving into it. For severa1 days I was the on1y department member atthe quite recent hospita1 directing a11 the truck1oads of equipment to theirnew 1ocations whi1e Henry and Brownie were directing the move fromthe very very aged hospita1. Some days it took me over two hours to eat my 1unchusua11y on the run and answering phone ca11s. The first few yearsthere I did 1itt1e painting as everything was quite recent so I kept fair1y busydoing maintenance work and book and record keeping for thedepartment. I soon became a "jack of a11 trades" which made the workinteresting as there was something different to do a11 the time.